Chulmleigh Old Fair 2018 At 6.30pm on July 24th this year, a service in St Mary Magdalene church is the calm start to our six day, action-packed Fair. Once the royalty (the Fair Queen and her attendants) have been blessed, the fun begins! You can watch street entertainers and the hotly anticipated ‘money scramble’ in front of the Town Hall in Fore Street. The opening celebrations go on until about 10pm. Save some energy for the rest of the Fair, because no- one would want to miss Wednesday’s activities! The Country Fair starts with its craft stalls; sheep show; flower show; dog show; climbing walls and food and drink - accompanied by live music and the rumble of vintage tractors. A party atmosphere maintains the energy at the Golf Club in the evening. Sports Day is on Thursday – much more fun to be had by all ages including drivers, badminton players, golfers and enthusiastic athletes. The Gymkhana and Horse Show on Friday is a great chance for young and older riders to smarten up their horse for showing; amaze everyone at their jumping skills or dress up their pony for the fun races. Even if you don’t ride, what could be better on a warm summer’s day, than sitting in a beautiful Devon field, eating ice-cream and watching horses go through their paces? In the evening you can exhaust yourself playing six a side football and then sleep well before Saturday’s events. This is the real town Carnival Day. A fancy dress competition and parade start us off, followed by street entertainment, a fun run and then games for children in Fore Street. As darkness falls, the atmosphere livens up even more; there is music and dancing until late- supported by local refreshments. If you love history and re-enactments we have an exciting encampment of soldiers on the playing field during the Fair. With The Company of the Lamb, frequent battles and skirmishes are bound to occur- a lot of energy, skill and enthusiasm is displayed by the group who are frequently joined by members of the audience. We all work hard to organise this high spot of our community‘s year - we’d love to see you all enjoy it too. When King Henry lll granted Chulmleigh the royal charter in 1253 to allow us to hold a Fair, he can hardly have expected it still to be going strong, 765 years later! Free programmes with all the details are available from local shops, pubs, libraries and tourist information centres RIVERSIDE CARAVAN AND CAMPING PARK RESTAURANT AND BAR OPEN 7 DAY A WEEK Breakfast 9am-11.30am Lunch 12noon-2pm Now Open Evening 6pm-9pm Sunday Carvery 12noon-3pm All Day On Saturdays! Live Entertainment throughout the year Your Local Independent CAMPING, LUXURIOUS STATICS, at Woody Bay Station on the A39 Veterinary Centre. FISHING, CARAVAN STORAGE (EX31 4RA) between Southley Road SPECIMEN CARP FISHING Blackmoor Gate and Lynton South Molton PHONE : 01769 579269 Under 5’s travel free! Tel: 01769 572176 EMAIL: [email protected] Pay once - ride all day WEB: www.exmoorriverside.co.uk www.lynton-rail.co.uk Iddlesleigh Fete and Dog Show Filleigh Village Hall Events On Saturday 28th July (EX19 8BL) opens at 12 Achieve4All Summer Holiday camps at Filleigh noon. There will be vintage bus rides to Ash Village Hall and School on Wednesdays through House with a glass of bubbly, horse & cart rides, the holidays for years 1-8 from 9am-3.30pm. All trips up the Church Tower, Church exhibition, skill levels welcome - “Have fun and amazing stalls, vintage vehicles, live music, jumble sale, summer days”. See www.facebook.com/ climbing wall, cream teas and a barbecue. Achieve4All or email [email protected]. The Dog Show commences a at 2pm. Rosettes 1 Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Alon are having - 4 plus specials, prizes Champion and Reserve their Summer Gathering at Filleigh Village Hall on trophy to include: Buckham Fair Best Rescue/ Saturday 18th August at 10.30 for 11 am start. Rehomed Qualifier. First 3 get an invitation to en- Entry £2. Open meeting- all welcome. Bring your ter Buckham Fair Show with an opportunity to own lunch - teas and coffees available - all in a meet Martin Clunes. beautiful countryside location. For more information or a schedule contact 01808 804347 or email [email protected]. All The Moor Rover Minibus provides a unique drop proceeds to the Friends of St James, Iddesleigh - off and pick-up service for walkers, cyclists and explorers in the Exmoor National Park and Cole- Duffield Court Open Day ridge Way. Most buses are fully accessible and (Abbeyfield South Molton Society) can carry bikes, wheelchairs, and dogs. Further On Saturday 7th July 2018, 2–4pm, in West details available from www.atwest.org.uk, e-mail Street, South Molton EX36 4DG. Refreshments, [email protected] or phone 01643 709701. Plants, Raffle, Handmade Items, Bric-a-Brac, Face Painting. Tel: 01769 572119 or 574764. National Plant Monitoring Scheme On 9th July from 10am-3pm come and join an Atherington Summer Fete expert from Plantlife for an introduction to the Is on Saturday 7th July from 2pm at Atherington National Plant Monitoring Scheme. This one-day Children’s Playing Field. Peppa Pig, Spiderman, course will cover how to carry out the survey and Torrington Silver band, Dog show, Cream teas, an introduction to identifying plants. Following an Stalls, Games, Vintage vehicles and more! Fun indoor session at Exmoor House in the morning Family Dog at 2.30pm. We would welcome offers there will then be a chance to put the survey into of help, donations of prizes for the raffle & tom- practice in the afternoon in an outdoor session. bola, and cakes, plants and produce for the Please bring walking boots/wellies, waterproofs, stalls. Traders welcome - £10 per plot. Contact packed lunch and a drink, pen and paper to Sarah 01769 560537 make notes and suncream. Tea and coffee will be provided. Booking is essential – this is a free Don't miss the 97th Umberleigh event. Please book on the National Plant Moni- Garden Show, Fête and Dog Show toring Scheme website www.npms.org.uk/ (Supported by Winson Petroleum Ltd and “Boxes content/training-and-events and Bits” Antiques) on Saturday 4th August at 2.30pm at Umberleigh Village Hall (Dog Show Maclins Quarry commences 2.15pm) Admission £1, children free Recycling Centre EX36 3EB Bar, cream teas, crafts, live music, plant sales, Summer hours at our local tip are: Saturday and games and children's activities and much more... Sunday 10am-6pm. Please note that trailers over Download your Schedule from 1.8m internal/body length are no longer permit- www.umberleighvillagehall.co.uk ted. For more information call 0345 155 1010 Chimney sweeping Hetas and APICS registered Brush & vacuum Certificate issued Insured Call: Taylor Made Projects on 01271 900450 Communities Together Funding Once again North Devon Council and Devon County Council have teamed up to make over £82,000 cash available to help kick-start projects which will benefit local communities. A new finan- cial year not only means that £82,609 of new funding is on offer, but the fund also has a new name – the Communities Together Fund. This new name is in recognition that the fund, formerly called the Town and Parishes (TAP) Fund, has now been revised and will be open to local groups and community organisations in October 2018 to apply, as well as parish and town coun- cils who can apply for the funding from 21 May 2018. Devon County Council contributes £1 for each elector and North Devon District Council contributes 10p per elector. Funding is available to ‘kick-start’ local projects and to encourage local action for projects and services that will make a real difference at com- munity level. Funding can be sought for capital and revenue projects that will benefit residents of Farming Community Network at least two parishes, and meet identified com- The Farming Community Network, munity needs. Applications which show that town Devon FCN are holding induction and parish councils and voluntary and community events for anyone wanting to know more about groups are working together to trial solutions to their work and who are maybe thinking of volun- local issues, empower communities and enable teering There are lots of ways you can help, in- community resilience are welcomed. Projects cluding: befriending, visiting, fundraising, admin, that develop community self-help within an area show displays, giving talks, event & service plan- will be particularly supported. ning, telephone helpline, finance & much more! Voluntary groups, communities, organisations Come along on Tuesday 3rd July at 7.30pm at and town and parish councils are encouraged to the Amory Building, Devon YFC Centre, Cheriton jointly apply for funding for projects that will bene- Bishop to find out more! fit more than one community. Funding opportuni- Current volunteers will be on hand to answer ties like this really shouldn’t be missed, so local questions and a presentation will be given about Councillors encourage local groups to find out FCN. Light refreshments will be available. more information about the fund, and other Please reply to joanne [email protected] grants that are available. or 07897 540278 For more information contact: FCN HelplineTel: 03000 111 999 [email protected], call 01271 388253. (7am-11pm everyday) Withyfest‘18 South Molton Community Connections offers Will be held on July 20th—22nd at Edge Down free, informed and confidential help with all sorts Park, Witheridge, Devon EX16 8AH with live mu- of questions.